Grande Anse

Occurrence in Department of Guadeloupe, France with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10061593
MRDS ID	TC34511
Record type	Site
Current site name	Grande Anse

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-61.06601, 16.30074 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Department of Guadeloupe(province)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
France	Department of Guadeloupe

Comments on the location information

SW COAST OF THE ISLAND, GRANDE ANSE IS A CITY; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR GRANDE ANSE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

APPARENTLY NO AU IDENTIFIED, BUT SAID TO HAVE POTENTIAL.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Epidote	Gangue
Zeolite	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-61.06601, 16.30074	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC34511

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WESTERCAMP, D., 1980, UNE METHOD D'EVALUACION ET DE ZONATION DES RISQUES VOLCANIQUES I'LA SOUFRIERE DE GUADELOUPE, ANTILLES FRANCIESE: BULL VOLCANO, VOL. 43-2, P. 432-452
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ZEOLITE AND EPIDOTE ON FRACTURES THROUGH ANDESITE AND QUARTZ HORNBLENDE DIORITES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1992	Bolm, Karen S. (Page, Norman J)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.